Client side sorting

1. What is client side sorting?
2. Should you sort on client side?
3. What is client side filtering?
4. What is server-side sorting?

What is client side sorting?

By default before HF 55 only server side sorting was present in paginated screens. Server side sorting does not always cater to to the business requirement, client side sorting is the concept where data is fetched and shown in the screen and on sorting again data is fetched and arranged on the screen.

Should you sort on client side?

Sorting on the server is faster (as in: you can sort more rows/second), but if you have to serve 10000 clients at once, this may easily invert. When sorting on the client, you can re-sort without downloading the data again.

What is client side filtering?

2. Client Side Filters : These are the types of filter checks present in the browser itself. When the user types an input, the input is verified by the client side filters.

What is server-side sorting?

Server-side Sorting

As such, the server-side row model will request rows again each time the sort changes and expect the server to sort the rows. The request object sent to the server contains sort metadata in the sortModel property.